Degradation of dynorphin-(1-13) and dynorphin-(1-17) by the neuroblastoma cell membrane. Evidence for the involvement of a cysteine protease.

abstract：:Diphtheria toxin is translocated across cellular membranes when receptor-bound toxin is exposed to low pH. To study the role of sphingolipids for toxin translocation, both a mutant cell line lacking the first enzyme in de novo sphingolipid synthesis, serine palmitoyltransferase, and a specific inhibitor of the same en...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Spilsberg B,Hanada K,Sandvig K

更新日期：2005-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Golgi matrix protein 130 (GM130), encoded by GOLGA2, is the classical marker of the Golgi apparatus. It plays important roles in various mitotic events, such as interacting with importin-alpha and liberating spindle assembly factor TPX2 to regulate mitotic spindle formation. A previous study showed that in vitro knock...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang Y,Liu Y,Han F,Zhou J,Zhang X,Xu J,Yu Z,Zhao S,Gao F,Zhao H

更新日期：2020-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Chikungunya is a severe disease that results from infection with the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus. Thus, we (1) explored a new approach to combining previously researched drugs that have shown the potential to inhibit CHIKV infection; and (2) demonstrated the antiviral effects of (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gall...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu JW,Hsieh PS,Lin CC,Hu MK,Huang SM,Wang YM,Liang CY,Gong Z,Ho YJ

更新日期：2017-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical application of hexadecane has been shown to induce hyperproliferation and hyperkeratosis in rodent skin. The application of hexadecane to epidermis from the backs of piglets less than 1 week old resulted in a rapid biphasic-rise in the level of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity. The second phase of the el...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Owusu S,Cunliffe WJ,Wood EJ

更新日期：1989-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A focal freeze injury to rat cerebral cortex induces an early (less than 5 min) increase in brain ornithine decarboxylase activity and an accumulation of polyamines involving cerebral microvessels. This polyamine synthesis correlates with the abnormal increase in microvascular permeability, monitored by uptake of Evan...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koenig H,Goldstone AD,Lu CY

更新日期：1983-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence indicates that presenilins could exist and be active as oligomeric complexes. Using yeast two-hybrid and cell culture analysis, we provide evidence that presenilin-1 (PS1) may self-oligomerize giving rise to specific full-length/full-length homodimers. When expressed in N2A and HEK239T cultu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hébert SS,Godin C,Tomiyama T,Mori H,Lévesque G

更新日期：2003-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the hierarchical levels of stem cell targets for ABL-kinase domain mutations in CML, highly purified CD34+CD38- and CD34+CD38+ cell populations and their LTC-IC-derived progeny were analyzed in four patients at diagnosis (n=1) or in advanced phases (n=3) of their disease. In the single patient with early phas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sorel N,Bonnet ML,Guillier M,Guilhot F,Brizard A,Turhan AG

更新日期：2004-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently discovered natural heptadecapeptide nociceptin (orphanin FQ) shares some homology with the opioid peptides but it binds to a distinct receptor type, termed nociceptin receptor. This study demonstrates the presence of specific nociceptin recognition sites in brain membrane fractions of an amphibian, Rana e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Benyhe S,Monory K,Farkas J,Tóth G,Guerrini R,Salvadori S,Orosz G,Wollemann M,Borsodi A

更新日期：1999-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gemin4 is a ubiquitously expressed multifunctional protein that is involved in U snRNP assembly, apoptosis, nuclear/cytoplasmic transportation, transcription, and RNAi pathways. Gemin4 is one of the core components of the Gemin-complex, which also contains survival motor neuron (SMN), the seven Gemin proteins (Gemin2-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lorson MA,Dickson AM,Shaw DJ,Todd AG,Young EC,Morse R,Wolstencroft C,Lorson CL,Young PJ

更新日期：2008-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon N-demethylation of caffeine (CA) by rat and human liver microsomes, theobromine (TB), paraxanthine (PX), and theophylline (TP) are produced. The optimal pHs for the formation of TB, PX, and TP from CA by rat liver microsomes are 7.4 (most), 8.2 (minor) and 8.6 (moderate). At pH 7.4, PX is the primary metabolite f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chung WG,Cha YN

更新日期：1997-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothionein (MT) is effective in the prevention of diabetic cardiomyopathy, and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is known to control vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene expression and regulate angiogenesis in diabetic hearts. We examined whether or not MT affects HIF-1 activity in the heart of diabeti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Feng W,Wang Y,Cai L,Kang YJ

更新日期：2007-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P450 3A4, the most abundant P450 form in human liver, exhibits a very broad substrate specificity and is of great importance for drug metabolism. The interindividual difference in the hepatic expression of CYP3A4 is considerable. In order to investigate possible genetic factor(s) causing this variation, the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Westlind A,Löfberg L,Tindberg N,Andersson TB,Ingelman-Sundberg M

更新日期：1999-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of opioids on NO production by LPS-stimulated murine macrophages J774 has been investigated. Morphine (mu and k opioid receptor agonist), DAGO (selective mu receptor agonist) and U50-488H (selective k receptor agonist), added (10(-10)-10(-6) M) to the cells 0.5 h before activation with LPS, significantly in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iuvone T,Capasso A,D'Acquisto F,Carnuccio R

更新日期：1995-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete covalent structure of the gamma 2 subunit of bovine brain G proteins was determined by peptide mapping using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and by partial sequencing using tandem mass spectrometry. Fragments were identified in proteolytic digests ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wilcox MD,Schey KL,Busman M,Hildebrandt JD

更新日期：1995-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Sustained antibiotic release is important to prevent the infections after surgical treatments such as guided tissue regeneration (GTR). Electrospinning provides a simple way to fabricate nanofibers for drug delivery. In this study, a simple method to achieve sustained antibiotic release by introducing mesoporous silic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen X,Xu C,He H

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study provides the first evidence for in vitro metabolic conversion of a 1,1-disubstituted hydrazine to the corresponding nitrosamine. The study shows that superoxide radical which is generated by NADPH-cytochrome c reductase is involved in the oxidation of 1,1-diphenylhydrazine to N-nitrosodiphenylamine c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tatsumi K,Kitamura S,Sumida M

更新日期：1984-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:GLP-1 can help to overcome problems of liver cells metabolism, not only pancreatic cell. But the explicit mechanism of this effect remains unclear. In recent years, microRNAs have received the attention of researchers and some microRNAs have important implications for diabetes. The mitochondrial protective gene PGC-1α...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang C,Li Q,Wang W,Guo L,Guo C,Sun Y,Zhang J

更新日期：2015-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a 21-amino acid vasoactive peptide produced from a 39-amino acid biologically inactive peptide, big ET-1, by the action of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1). We investigated gastric mucosal expression of ECE-1 during a 16 h course of inflammatory responses associated with gastric mucosal in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Slomiany BL,Slomiany A

更新日期：2000-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral mucosa is an active though poorly understood immunological site. Using an experimental animal system involving antigen priming into the oral mucosa of transgenic mice expressing T cell receptor (TCR) for a peptide antigen of hen-egg lysozyme (HEL), the expression of six chemokine receptors and seven chemokine...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Otten K,Dragoo J,Wang HC,Klein JR

更新日期：2003-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Concomitant with the depletion of glutathione content, phorone (250 mg/kg, ip.) produced a marked increase in heme oxygenase activity, biphasic effect on delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity, and slight decreases in cytochrome P-450 content and aminopyrine demethylase activity in the liver of rats. The increa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoshida T,Oguro T,Numazawa S,Kuroiwa Y

更新日期：1987-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We located a novel binding site for grayanotoxin on the cytoplasmic linkers of voltage-dependent cardiac (rH1) or skeletal-muscle (mu 1) Na(+) channel isoforms (segments S4-S5 in domains D1 and D4), using the alanine scanning substitution method. GTX-modification of Na(+) channels, transiently expressed in HEK 293 cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maejima H,Kinoshita E,Yuki T,Yakehiro M,Seyama I,Yamaoka K

更新日期：2002-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The exons of the lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) gene in DNA samples from two of the original Swedish Fish Eye Disease patients have been amplified by polymerase chain reactions and sequenced by the dideoxy method. The two patients apparently were unrelated. In both patients a mutation in codon 10 of the f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Skretting G,Prydz H

更新日期：1992-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the endogenous mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum from rabbit skeletal muscle. The autoradiogram obtained after sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the [adenylate-32P]NAD-treated sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles revealed a major band corresponding to the MW 105...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hara N,Mishima K,Tsuchiya M,Tanigawa Y,Shimoyama M

更新日期：1987-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting acute clinical events caused by atherosclerotic plaque rupture remains a clinical challenge. Anatomic mapping of the vascular tree provided by standard imaging technologies is not always sufficient for a robust diagnosis. Yet biological mechanisms leading to unstable plaques have been identified and corresp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Juenet M,Varna M,Aid-Launais R,Chauvierre C,Letourneur D

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:GLM, a luteolin derivative, shows anti-melanogenic effect via regulation of various signal molecules; however, it is unclear whether it also exerts anti-inflammatory effect. This study investigated the mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory effect of GLM on activated dendritic cells (DCs) to elucidate its therapeutic pot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim WS,Song HY,Han JM,Byun EB

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Helodermin is a peptide from the venom of the lizard Heloderma suspectum (Gila Monster) showing a high degree of sequence similarity with VIP, PHI and secretin in its N-terminal moiety. The present data support the presence of peptide(s) closely related to helodermin in the brain, gut and salivary glands of rat. In ou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Robberecht P,De Graef J,Woussen MC,Vandermeers-Piret MC,Vandermeers A,De Neef P,Cauvin A,Yanaihara C,Yanaihara N,Christophe J

更新日期：1985-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite numerous studies on detergent-induced solubilization of membranes and on the underlying mechanisms associated with this process, very little is known regarding the selectivity of detergents for lipids during their extraction from membranes. To get insights about this phenomenon, solubilization of model bilayer...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Azouz M,Therrien A,Buré C,Tokarski C,Lecomte S,Lafleur M

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a tissue culture system based on breast carcinoma cell lines to investigate a large number of naturally occurring compounds and beverages for steroid hormone agonist and antagonist activity. The cell lines used, T-47D and BT-474, produce prostate specific antigen (PSA) upon stimulation with androgens, pro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosenberg RS,Grass L,Jenkins DJ,Kendall CW,Diamandis EP

更新日期：1998-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplast DNA is bound to the thylakoids of spinach chloroplasts. To examine a possible role for thylakoid-bound DNA in chloroplast DNA replication, vesicles formed by treating chloroplasts in 3.5 mM MgCl2 were used. Chloroplast DNA fragments are bound to the surface of these vesicles. Chloroplast DNA isolated from ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lindbeck AG,Rose RJ

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fad104 (factor for adipocyte differentiation 104) is a novel gene expressed temporarily in the early stages of adipocyte differentiation. Previously, we showed that fad104 promotes adipocyte differentiation in mouse 3T3-L1 cells and mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). Furthermore, we reported that implanted wild-type ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kishimoto K,Kato A,Osada S,Nishizuka M,Imagawa M

更新日期：2010-06-25 00:00:00